Some historians, however, worry that all of this "Lincoln love" is a bit much.

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That all night last night she prayed and searched inside herself and decided this is what love commands of her.

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The experience of many Catholics is that this love in which God dwells can be found in multiple forms, all working towards the faithfulness and self-giving commitment to which the sacrament of marriage points.

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